Church News

ST. MEINRAD – Greg C. Adams, an archivist at the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, will deliver the annual Black History Lecture at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

His lecture, “The Banjo and the American Experience: Looking Behind the Mask of ‘America's Instrument,’” will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in St. Bede Theater.

He will trace the development of what we know as the modern banjo from its African origins through American slavery to the present time.

JASPER – Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center will host the presentation “Grief Has Its Seasons: Grieving as a Natural Process” March 3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Medical Arts Conference Center located in the Medical Arts Building at 721 W. 13th Street, Jasper. The program will be presented by Michael G. Jones, chaplain at Memorial Hospital.

ST. MEINRAD – Greg C. Adams, an archivist at the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, will deliver the annual Black History Lecture at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology.

His lecture, “The Banjo and the American Experience: Looking Behind the Mask of ‘America's Instrument,’” will be given Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in St. Bede Theater. He will trace the development of what we know as the modern banjo from its African origins through American slavery to the present time.

ST. MEINRAD –The Abbey Press-Saint Meinrad Archabbey’s Relay for Life team will hold its third annual Trivia Night fundraiser March 1. Sign up will begin at 6:30 p.m. CST and playing starts at 7 p.m. at the Archabbey Guest House and Retreat Center dining room in St. Meinrad.

The event will include an evening of matching of wits. Each team will answer the same questions and may consist of two to four players.
Participants are invited to organize their own team or may choose to be assigned to a team. The winning team takes home $50.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey accepts state land-conservation award
SPENCER COUNTY – The Rev. Guy Mansini OSB, a member of the Benedictine community of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, traveled to Indianapolis Jan. 7 to accept a Friend of Conservation Award from the Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Christmas candlelight service planned
TELL CITY – The annual Christmas candlelight service will be held at Community Christian Church at 10 a.m. Dec 22. The service will feature the children’s choir and several adults will participate with Scripture readings and testimonies. Visitors of all ages are welcome to share in this Christmas celebration. Community Christian Church is located in the old Newman School at 821 10th Street in Tell City.

TELL CITY – First Baptist Church invites all women and children of the church to attend a Christmas Brunch at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Fellowship Hall. They will also share a devotion and make decorations for the Christmas tree.

TELL CITY – Local congregations will host their annual Thanksgiving ecumenical worship celebration at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Catholic Church. Each year the churches in the community come together to celebrate God’s blessings and presence.